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| Full name | Delroy Bertram Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1975 St Catherine, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Michael Masters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Durham UCCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995/96 | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 August 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delroy Bertram Taylor (born 30 June 1975) is a former Jamaican cricketer. Taylor was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in St Catherine, Jamaica.
Having played Youth Test and Youth One Day Internationals for West Indies Under-19s, [1] [2] Taylor made a single first-class appearance for Jamaica against the touring English county of Lancashire in 1996. [3] In this match, he took the wicket of Michael Atherton in Lancashire's first-innings for the cost of 65 runs from 10 overs, while in Lancashire's second-innings he took the wicket of Warren Hegg for the cost of 35 runs from 7 overs. In Jamaicas first-innings, Taylor scored 60 runs before he was dismissed by Mike Watkinson, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for 20. [4] Despite what was a fairly successful debut, Taylor made no further appearances for Jamaica in any format.
Later in 2003, while he studying at Durham University in England for his degree, Taylor made a single first-class appearance for Durham UCCE against Nottinghamshire. In this match, he scored 82 runs in the university's first-innings, before being dismissed by Paul Franks, while in their second-innings the same bowler dismissed him for a single run. [5] In that same season, he made a single first-class appearance for British Universities against the touring Zimbabweans. [3] In this match, he was dismissed in the teams first-innings for 16 runs by Douglas Hondo, while in their second-innings the same bowler dismissed him for 27 runs. [6]
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